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You may think of Alzheimer's and dementia as something that suddenly appears when you're in your 70s or 80s. Well, think again (while you still can). A study from The Lancet Regional Health-Americas reveals that important risk factors like cardiovascular issues and blood biomarkers (tau protein and amyloid tangles) can start showing up in your ...Read more

Are you a protein pro-ponent, pro-curer, pro-vider? These days, 60% of Americans say they're obsessed with making sure they get "enough" protein, when, in fact, many get a healthy dose or even exceed recommended levels. What they don't get enough of, however, is protein from optimally healthy sources -- like fatty fish, skinless poultry, legumes...Read more

I don't want to be a pain in the neck ... but I'm betting a lot of you already have that condition, since it's often the result of talking on the cell phone, working on a computer or just sitting for too long. Around 25% of you spend 70% of your waking hours sitting down and more than five hours daily on your cell phone. And believe it or not, ...Read more

We know obesity increases your risk for sleep apnea and GERD, both of which can make it tough to rest easy. But it now appears that it's a two-way street. Poor sleep habits contribute to becoming obese. A study in BMC Public Health found that the amount of sleep you get (too little or too much) and the quality of your sleep (you wake up ...Read more

Your metabolism is the combination of reactions that happen within your body as it turns food and drink into fuel. It provides you with energy -- and burns calories. Plus, it helps with blood circulation, breathing, digestion, hormone regulation, body temperature and growth and repair of cells.

Some folks have a slow metabolism, so their body ...Read more

Almost everyone deals with negative stress -- there's pressure in relationships with co-workers, friends and family, and often, related to finances. When you add the physical stress caused by smoking, excess drinking, diabetes, obesity, sleep apnea or certain medications to the mix, there's a good chance that over time your systolic (the top ...Read more

You're at high risk for Type 2 diabetes if you're diagnosed with prediabetes, are overweight or obese, have a family history of Type 2 diabetes, are physically active less than three times a week, have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD -- now called MASLD), or have had gestational diabetes or given birth to a baby who weighed over 9 ...Read more

It's shocking that a recent study in Nature Medicine found that less than 10% of folks achieve healthy aging -- that is, living to age 70 without developing a chronic disease.

The most common chronic disease is cardiovascular disease (CVD). To avoid premature aging, you want to stay young at heart -- physically and emotionally. And according to...Read more

If you're at risk for Type 2 diabetes -- because of genetics and/or lifestyle choices -- do you do strength training? Chances are you don't. Overall, only about 35% of men and 27% of women get in two or more strength-building workouts a week, and one study found that 88% of folks with Type 2 diabetes do NOT do any resistance training.

That's a ...Read more

Every year, approximately 120,000 Americans under age 50 suffer a stroke -- often with no obvious risk factors, until now. A study published in the journal Stroke looked at 1,000 people ages 18 to 49 -- about half had suffered an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke that seemed to come out of the blue, the others were healthy. It found that having one ...Read more

Hardly anyone realizes that around 2 million men in the U.S. have osteoporosis and another 16 million are at an increased risk for "brittle bone" disease because of low bone mass. The risk factors that men have include low testosterone levels, alcohol misuse, taking steroids (either for medical reasons or off the books) and/or smoking. And guys ...Read more

Almost 100 million Americans have prediabetes. If most of them convert to full-blown Type 2 diabetes, that's an individual and public health crisis of unimaginable proportions. But many folks can make a U-turn, increase their insulin sensitivity and slash their risk for Type 2 diabetes.

A new study in the European Journal of Endocrinology ...Read more

Let me make it clear: I'm talking to you about the association of Type 2 diabetes with increased cancer risk, not to scare you, but to incentivize you to stick up for yourself, take charge of your future health, and embrace a longer, younger, happier life. You have to recognize life's potential potholes to successfully drive around them. So, let...Read more

Around a third of Americans ages 65 to 74 have hearing loss and it affects about half of folks age 75 and older. That sets them up for a variety of health problems. Not only do hearing problems increase the risk of depression and dementia, but they up the risk of heart failure by 128%.

Research published in the journal Heart found that the ...Read more